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Owain Glyndŵr's Cave

Moel Hebog, Gwynedd

A cleft in a cliff where the rebel prince hid.

High on the cliffs of Moel Hebog, above Beddgelert, is a narrow cave called Ogof Owain Glyndŵr. Legend says Glyndŵr hid here for six months while English soldiers hunted him, fed by a local shepherd.

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When
About 1400s
Where
52.9870, -4.1460
Group
Caves & grottoes

Visiting

Moel Hebog is climbed from Beddgelert. The cave is on dangerous ground.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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